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The Green Children of Woolpit

Woolpit, Suffolk, England (map) Dated: 1135 - 1155
Who were the two strange children found at Woolpit and could their skin really have been completely green? Why not read the story and make up your own mind!

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1st August 2010
Green Children of Woolpit
An animated version of The Green Children of Woolpit made by Becky Crawford at a summer school run by Suffolk Anglia Ruskin...

29th April 2009
comic of The green children of woolpit
comic of The green children written by jonathan, 6th grader at mayfield woods middle school in maryland USA

29th April 2009
Comic of The Green Children of Woolpit
This comic retells the legend of The Green Children of Woolpit. It was created by two 6th graders at Mayfield Woods Middle...

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Name: Laura 22nd April 2013
The children were green sue to working on a dye factory with their parents, they only knew of the beans because that was what they normally ate and foraged for. They were forign, which explains the language. The boy died from influenza, because of poor imune system, and that is that.
Name: Student 22nd April 2013
very strange myth with no moral. more of a weird tale
Name: Maya 6th March 2013
i know why they were green they only ate vegatables so that turned them green and they were foiregn so that's the whole language thing
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